| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | drag a country into war | вовлекать страну в войну (her husband into a quarrel, them into this affair, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | drag a country into war | втягивать страну в войну (her husband into a quarrel, them into this affair, etc., и т.д.) |
| mil. | drag into a full-blown war | втянуть в полномасштабную войну (cnn.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Makarov. | drag into a war | втянуть в войну (example provided by ART Vancouver • a US naval clash with Yemen in order to drag Iran into a wider war, as they are allies of the Houthis) |
| gen. | drag into a war | втягивать в войну (Taras) |